Green Garden Landscaping Business Gains Permit Amid Strong Neighbor Support
A small landscaping and lawn maintenance business operating on a residential property in Green Garden Township received official approval Tuesday after neighbors voiced overwhelming support for the operation.
The Will County Planning and Zoning Commission granted a special use permit to Maria and Felipe Valladares to run their business from their five-acre property at 9003 W. Stuenkel Road in Frankfort. The permit brings the business into compliance after the owners were cited for a code violation in May for operating without the required permit.
The business is a small-scale, weekend operation with three employees and approximately four to five trucks and trailers parked on-site. The application specified that the business is not open to the public and generates minimal traffic.
County planning staff received ten letters of support for the business. One letter from neighbors Michael and Rosemary Kavanagh praised the owners. “They have improved and beautified their property since moving in, and the area where their vehicles are parked is always neat and clean,” the letter stated. “Noise has never been an issue.”
Green Garden Township also expressed no objection to the permit. The approval comes with several conditions, including requirements that all landscape waste be stored in vehicles and removed within 24-48 hours and that any bulk materials be properly contained and screened from view.
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